scottymac
May 2002
Putting the fun in fundie
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Originally posted by Prizm @ bttf.com
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BTTF was filmed in a soft matte format where the full frame is "matted" (covered, 'black bars' on the top and bottom) to achieve a widescreen ratio. When the film is released on Pan & Scan, the film is unmatted...
So if you want the whole movie, you should get the non-widescreen edition????
I'm all for widescreen over P&S, Movies are intended to be watched with the ratio and shots the director intended, but not with this "soft matte" format I guess. Makes me think "soft matte" is just for widescreen snobs.
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BUT WAIT...
Originally posted by Prizm @ bttf.com
quote:
With the BTTFs, the special effects were filmed with a "hard matte", meaning the 'black bars' were unremovable. The rest of the shots, however, were filmed with a "soft matte" - which is where the bars are put in place later on.
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quote:
The widescreen contains the same amount of picture that people saw in theaters (aside from the messed-up 2 minutes in part II and 4 minutes in part III), but in non-special effects shots the fullscreen version will have a small amount of extra picture on the top and bottom, and less picture horizontally in special effects shots.
Does this we have to choose between the lesser of 2 evils?
I love the BTTF movies, but this sucks.
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Last edited by scottymac on 03-30-2003 at 01:59 PM
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Important News for owners/would-be owners of BTTF DVD's...
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